Lee Uren

Work History

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  Lead Lighting Artist

  31st Union

  March 2023 - August 2024

• Lead Lighting Artist

  343 Industries | Microsoft

  May 2018 - March 2023
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  Associate Art Director - Lighting / VFX / Simulation

  Hangar 13

  October 2016 - May 2018

  Novato, CA
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  Principal Lighting Artist

  Hangar 13

  December 2014 - February 2016
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  Artist / Technical Director

  Industrial Light & Magic

  May 2001 - November 2014

  Lighting, shading & rendering photo-real CG characters and assets
  Look development
  Simulation & rendering of particle effects - water, snow, dust, smoke, fire, explosions
  Simulation of rigid & soft bodies - rigged character setups, debris, hair, cloth
  Creation of high quality visual effects under extremely tight deadlines
  Proprietary ILM computer graphics software, Python, Katana, Softimage, Maya, Photoshop

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Artist

  Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

  September 2000 - May 2001

  Modeling, texturing and lighting in-game environments for the PlayStation2 title Ghosthunter, one of IGN's picks in their 2010 updated list of "The Top 10 Best Looking PS2 Games Of All Time"
  Maya, Photoshop, proprietary SCEE tools.
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  Lecturer

  Bournemouth University

  October 1998 - September 2000

  Staff member at the UK's National Center for Computer Animation
  Creation of course materials
  Teaching 2D and 3D computer graphics techniques including painting/texturing, modeling, animation, lighting & rendering, using Softimage, Photoshop & proprietary graphics tools

• Artist

  Attention To Detail

  August 1999 - September 1999

  Short freelance artist position at ATD
  Producing tracks for Scramble Mode in the PlayStation game Rollcage Stage II
  Photoshop, proprietary ATD track editor
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  Demonstrator

  Bournemouth University

  October 1996 - September 1998

  Assisted lecturers teaching classes in computer animation
  Provided help and advice to students, both in classes and with their personal animation projects
  Created graphics for students realtime demos, PlayStation Net Yaroze projects and Quake 2 mods
  Designed the logo for the National Center for Computer Animation and created promotional material for the University's animation courses

• Graphic Artist

  Bozeat Palmer

  August 1988 - July 1993

  2D & 3D animation for installations
  2D & 3D C.A.D. for industrial design and point of sale
  Graphic design and layout